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Steve Appleton taxies to the runway with
his Hawker "Hunter". As the Chairman of an electronics company he uses his
leisure time to perform at airshows. His "Hunter" is a former aircraft of the
Singapore Air Force. |
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The P-51D Mustang "Six Shooter"
of Chuck Hall taxiing to the take-off... |
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The red "Hunter" taxiing behind
the Unlimited Racers who are already in the take off line up. |
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...followed by Bill Anders with the
Mustang "Val-Halla" |
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Steve Appleton with his Hawker Hunter in
the mirror with Greg Poe, one of the most famous and best aerobatic pilots of our
times. |
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P-51D "Val-Halla" with pilot
Bill Anders and "Six Shooter" with pilot Chuck Hall ready for take off for the
"Heritage Flight". |
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Greg Poe is known as one of the best
aerobatic pilots in the world. During his displays he shows elements with loads of over
11g`s. He has amassed over 5000 flying hours on over 100 aircraft types. |
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One of the very rare Lockheed P-38 taxies
to the runway following the two P-51. |
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This aircraft of Greg Poe is an
"Edge 540" with 330 PS. It was especially built for Greg - the wings were
designed by NASA experts. |
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Cleared for take off! The P-38
"Lightning" lifting off for the Heritage Flight. It`s german opponents in the
WW2 called this plane "Gabelschwanzteufel" which means forktailed devil. |
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F-14 and F-18 from the NAS Fallon, home
of the "Top Gun" in formation. |
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Unmistakable is the P-38 with it`s unique
design on the ground and in the air. |
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Also the Air Force visited Reno - with
their four F-16 the pilots displayed some accurate formation flying. |
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Heritage Flight! The best fighters of
yesterday and today - P-51, P-38 and F-16. |
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One of the four F-16 of the 188th Fighter
Wing "Flying Razorbacks" from Arkansas. |
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Looks simple but is very demanding for
the pilots - the formation flypass of a historic propeller aircraft and a modern jet
aircraft. |
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"Wall of Fire" is the name of
this ground attack demo of the pilots from the NAS Fallon. |
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Julie Clark taxies to the runway with her
T-34. Julie flew 30 years as a captain for Nothwest Airlines. Her flight book counts more
than 25.000 hours without an accident!!! |
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A helicopter type UH-60 "Black
Hawk" in front of the "Wall of Fire". |
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A lot of special effects in the display
of Julie Clark - like a ballet in the sky. |
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Also presenting a flying display - the
UH-60 "Black Hawk". |
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Back to the ground - Julie Clark is an
aerobatic pilot since 22 years. She has won a lot of awards in this time. She is also
honoured as a member in the "Women in Aviation Hall of Fame". |
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Rick "Comrade" Svetkoff and Tom
"Sharkbait" Delashaw with their F-104 are the "Starfighters", the
fastest display team in the world. |
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This nice snapshot has nothing to do with
the Reno Races but nevertheless I wouldn`t want to hide it from you. Every year at the
weekend before the races a big balloon meeting takes place. |
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Scott Hammack and his Jet-Dragster are a
regular visitor at Reno. Since 1980 Scott performes over 2.500 time - and never had an
accident. |
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Some balloons really are different from
the rest as Mr. Potatoe-Head and a house... |
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1935 was the Hughes H-1 Racer the fastest
single engined aircraft in the world. A lot of the later aircrafts as the F-6F Hellcat or
P-47 Thunderbolt copied this design. This is the replica of Jim Wright. |
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This morning the blue sky above the
desert of Nevada is full with coloured balloons. |
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Ed Maloney's P-51 "Spam Can"
visited Reno together with Steve and John Hinton and some other aircrafts from the Planes
of Fame Museum. |
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San Francisco with the famous Golden Gate
Brridge is always worth a visit. The place of pilgromage for the flower power generation
hasn`t lost a bit of it`s fascination. |
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At the evening after the races the
"Spam Can" was available for leisure flights. |
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The coastline north of the Golden Gate
Bridge with a view on the pacific ocean which doesn`t look too cold from here. |
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